Collection includes over 3,000 rare books from the 1760s to the 1930s covering:Peabody HistoryLocal and Essex County HistoryMassachusetts and United States HistoryNatural HistoryNative American HistoryLife and legacy of George PeabodyGenealogyHistorical and Collectible ArtifactsBoston Mat Leather Company (Images)

Access:

Access only in reading room, supervised

Copying:

Photocopying permitted at discretion of staff
All photocopying done by staff

Loans:

No loans permitted

Finding Guides Available:

Holdings listed in online catalog
Archives Finding Aids

Directions:

From Route 128, take exit #26. Turn right onto Lowell St. and
continue for 1.3 miles into Peabody Center. You'll see the Court
House to your left and a Civil War Monument before it. Go straight
through the lights on Main St. The library is one block down on
your left.
Parking is limited. There is free parking to the library's right,
either on the side of the building or behind the Knights of
Columbus building. Otherwise, there is metered parking on the
street or to the left of the library, in the children's room
parking.
Enter the library and go to the first floor information desk. They
will call up to the Sutton Room.

This website, and other programs of the MBLC, is funded in part with funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency that fosters innovation, leadership, and a lifetime of learning.